Construction workers in Hannover Germany uncovered an unstable World War II bomb. It never ceases to amaze me how the things that we create can live long past their expected life with significant consequences well into the future. The area was cleared and the bomb was safely detonated, but that’s not always the case.
I think this happens in much subtler and less dangerous ways everyday. I have an on going project that involves photographing empty phone booths where ever I find them. Sometimes the neglect of these spaces is quite evident; there is tons of graffiti, a broken handset, or wires coming from where the phone was at one time. In other cases, the space has found some new use as a display or information source. Sometimes it is just empty. Almost always it is clear that though the space was designed for a technology and activity that we no longer need or use like we once did it still very much is apart of our world.
